Composition of the Rigveda and Early Vedic Era
1500 BCE
Strict oral transmission of 1,028 sacred Sanskrit hymns forming humanity's oldest Indo-European literature.
Sources and References
Rigveda Samhita (Traductions Max Müller & Stephanie Jamison/Joel Brereton 2014)
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Steatite Seal Tradition and Late Harappan Decline
1900 BCE
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Iron Age and Late Vedic Expansion in the Ganges Plain
1000 BCE
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Composition of Early Upanishads and Metaphysics of Karma and Brahman
800 BCE
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Emergence of the 16 Mahajanapadas (Great Kingdoms and Republics)
600 BCE
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Enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama and Founding of Buddhism
563 BCE
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Preaching of Mahavira and Codification of Absolute Non-Violence (*Ahimsa*)
540 BCE
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Founding of the Shang Dynasty and Invention of Writing (Jiaguwen)
1600 BCE
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Peak of Mycenaean Kingdoms and Linear B Script
1600 BCE
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Revelation at Mount Sinai
1300 BCE